Ted Lyon

Proven Verdicts
Dallas, TX48 years experienceAdmitted 1976

About Ted Lyon

Ted B. Lyon, Esq. is the Managing Partner of Loncar Lyon Jenkins with over 48 years of litigation experience and more than 150 jury trials. He is recognized as one of Texas's most preeminent experts in complex litigation across tort law disciplines, including personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, and catastrophic injury matters.

Lyon has been featured on Good Morning America, 60 Minutes II, and NBC Dateline, and profiled in Texas Lawyer, The National Law Journal, and D Magazine. He is the author of The Real Wolf, exploring the legal and environmental dimensions of wildlife conservation in America. He has earned a remarkable list of honors, including the Super Lawyer designation by Texas Monthly every year from 2003 to 2023, the American Trial Lawyers Association's Top 100 lawyers in America since 2007, D Magazine's Best Lawyer in Dallas in 2024, America's Most Honored Lawyers in 2023, and a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating since 1986. He is a Texas Bar Foundation Fellow (2010) and has been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates since 1997.

He earned his Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 1975 and his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from East Texas State University in 1972. He has been a member of the State Bar of Texas since 1976 and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Proven verdicts and settlements

A Kaufman County jury awarded $296 million in compensatory damages against Koch Industries after a corroded, unmaintained butane pipeline exploded and killed two teenagers on August 24, 1996.

District Court, Kaufman County, Texas · 1999Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$84.25 millionVerdict

A Dallas jury awarded $84.25 million in 2008 after a 26-foot U-Haul truck with a failed parking brake rolled over Talmadge Waldrip, leaving him bedridden and requiring round-the-clock care.

Dallas County, Texas · 2008Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$51 millionVerdict

A Dallas County jury awarded $51 million in August 2024 to a South Dallas mother and her two young children after a corroded boiler exhaust pipe at their apartment complex channeled carbon monoxide into their home in 2015, leaving both children with irreversible brain injuries.

Dallas County, Texas · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$7.37 millionVerdict

A Texas county court at law jury found a design defect in the handling of a 1996 Ford Explorer that rolled over after a rear tire lost its tread in July 2003, killing Diane Wiles. The jury put one-third of the responsibility on Ford, one-third on the driver and one-third on Ms. Wiles, and the court entered a judgment of $7,370,197.16 in actual damages. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed in 2011 for lack of evidence of a safer alternative design.

County Court at Law, Texas (appeal to Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas) · 2009Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
B.S. in Political Science, 1975
East Texas State University
Undergraduate, 1972

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 1976
Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (past President, 2005)
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors)
Mesquite Bar Association (past President, 1980)
Southern Trial Lawyers Association (founding member)
American Board of Trial Advocates (since 1997)
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Dallas Bar Association
Litigation Counsel of America
Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
Texas Bar Foundation Fellow (2010)

Awards & recognition

Texas Monthly Super Lawyer (2003-2023)
American Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 in America (2007-present)
D Magazine Best Lawyer in Dallas (2024)
America's Most Honored Lawyers (2023)
Martindale-Hubbell AV rating (1986-2023)

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.